Black Lace — Catherine Marshall (1)

Ryan Anderson is a cold-hearted billionaire who has all things the world has to offer—except his own memory. Being an accident victim as a thirty-year-old, Ryan finds himself in the middle of an anterograde amnesia crisis. This medical condition does not allow his brain to create new memories after the event that caused his amnesia. His condition ultimately leads to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact. Because of this, Ryan believes he will never fall in love—until he meets Leslie Vanguard.The down-on-luck Leslie Vanguard thinks life is unfair, and when she is about to give up, she runs into an attractive man, Ryan Anderson, who can't seem to piece his memory together. When her debtors come for her, Leslie has no choice but to use Ryan's weakness to take money from him. However, when Leslie falls in love with the billionaire, she must tell him the truth.Will Ryan, whose cold heart has been warmed by his love for Leslie, let that love overrule his sense of hurt, betrayal, and vengeance? What will Leslie do when her friend, whom she had let in on her plan, blackmails her and threatens to expose her secret to the world?